Friendly League

Diego A Maradona
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) AFTER GYM FC's Prudencio Bilbo started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The audience was convinced that Lino Rios's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Ovidiu Acatincăi was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. With a little luck, AFTER GYM FC's Ovidiu Acatincăi got control of the ball when Lino Rios tried to sneak it across the goal line. AFC FUSION's Wojciech Fiszer quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Ronald Araújo, made in the 12th minute of the game. In the 18th minute Prudencio Bilbo shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roberto Eztebe saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Thiago Silva could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 22nd minute of the match, but Ovidiu Acatincăi made a huge save. The crowd rose to their feet as AFC FUSION's Thiago Silva slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Ovidiu Acatincăi. That made the score 1-0 after 22 minutes of play. In the 24th minute, Wojciech Fiszer hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Prudencio Bilbo scored 1-1 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Roberto Eztebe, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Wojciech Fiszer fell near the penalty area in the 30th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored AFC FUSION's protests and gave Wojciech Fiszer a yellow card for diving instead. After 30 played minutes AFC FUSION got a freekick which was hit by Wojciech Fiszer. Ovidiu Acatincăi showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lino Rios in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 38th minute, Prudencio Bilbo ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roberto Eztebe was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-2. In the 43rd match minute, AFC FUSION was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Romulo Abilio to maneuver through the defense. The AFC FUSION players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. AFTER GYM FC were winning 1-2.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lino Rios to strike the kick off in the second half. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Prudencio Bilbo managed to get in a good position for a shot. AFTER GYM FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Prudencio Bilbo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Roberto Eztebe breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Thiago Silva fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ovidiu Acatincăi having to interfere. Wojciech Fiszer got a throw-in 60 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Germano Bettencourt. Ovidiu Acatincăi took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lino Rios, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ragnar Wingaard received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Roberto Eztebe tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. AFTER GYM FC's Antonio Sergi was substituted for Ragnar Wingaard. AFTER GYM FC's Ovidiu Acatincăi played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Christoff Stocks in the 77th minute of play. Jan Hop took the ball and in the 80 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ovidiu Acatincăi. Ovidiu Acatincăi dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Rutkowski in the 83rd minute of play forced AFC FUSION's goalkeeper Roberto Eztebe to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 86thth minute of the game Jan Hop who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but AFTER GYM FC's Ovidiu Acatincăi was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 88th minute Lino Rios shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidiu Acatincăi saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Christoff Stocks sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christoff Stocks in the 92nd minute of play forced AFTER GYM FC's goalkeeper Ovidiu Acatincăi to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 94 minutes into the match, AFTER GYM FC's goal looked a bit too open when Jan Hop came free, but Ovidiu Acatincăi reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The AFTER GYM FC players were the happier at the end of the match as they had prevented AFC FUSION from taking control. The game ends in a draw.